On February 20th of the three years of the Chinese Empire Hongxian (1652), Zheng Chenggong and Chen Yonghua led the fleet to set off from Nanjing, rushed to India, and Shang Yi
There were a total of 22 ships sailing this time, of which the warship reached 14, including one second -class battleship, five third -class cruisers, two four -class destroyers, two fifth -class frigates, and two of the other. The auxiliary battleships of the thousands of hundreds, two five hundred subjects flying ships, and the other eight merchant ships are more than one thousand materials. Each is equipped with ten to twenty artillery. There are more than 2,800 people, including 1,200 soldiers, more than 1,000 sailors and crew members, more than 300 staff members of the Western Indian company in China, and more than 200 European mercenaries in Europe. The rest are other accompanying technicians.
At the same time, there is a national book written by Shang Yi to the Mughal Emperor Shajia Khan, saying that the Western Indian company in China comes for friendship. Provide fresh water and food supplements, etc.
Coupled with the pioneer fleet, a total of 29 ships were dispatched, more than 3,300 people, which were large in scale and many people who had already controlled British East India Company in India for nearly 50 years. Farly. You must know that when the British East India Company was first established, there were less than a hundred people who arrived in India. This is also the advantage of China, because the distance from China to India is much closer than Europe.
Because the last condemnation of the fleet was intercepted by the Dutch warship, this time Shang Yi and Zheng Chenggong decided to bring more warships. If the interception of the Dutch warship was found again, then they gave them a headache to attack. Then, then
In addition, Shang Yi also ordered that the Li Huamei fleet who was stationed in Luzon took the escort task and sent the Western Indian company fleet to the entrance of the Malacca Strait. Because Badavia, the headquarters of the Dutch East India, is on Java Island. Of course, there is another task, which is to find a route that arrives in India without Malacca Strait.
When you reach India from the South China Sea, you do not have to pass through the Malacca Strait. You can also pass through the south of Luzon to the east of the Kaliman boat. It is to reach India from the outer side of the Java Islands. Of course, this sailing will be around half of the journey, but you can avoid the blocking of the Dutch warships. Although Shangyi has a detailed map of the Java Islands on his hand, you can also know that you can wear the Java Islands from there. , But after all, you have not walked, you need to detect the routes in advance.
In fact, the Dutch warships will block it, and it is the attack on the Chinese fleet. Shang Yi did not feel surprised, because since last year, the Netherlands forcibly collects taxes on the merchant ship passed through the Malacca Strait. After Nanjing, I received news from overseas. It turned out that in October last year, the Dutch in the Netherlands sent a support forces to Badavia. This is a fleet of twelve warships and six transport ships. It was transported to more than 2,000 Dutch soldiers, and there were 5,000 hair guns, three hundred land war artillery and a large number of ammunition, and assisted the strength of the Netherlands in Asia.
It turned out that in the Netherlands, arguments about the use of force in China have not stopped. Of course, the dispute is not to use or right to martial arts, but to fight the United Kingdom first or hit China first. Domestic voices gradually tend to conquer China first, and then fight against Britain to obtain the hegemony at sea.
The reason is simple. The rise of China has seriously affected the income of the Dutch East India Company. It is necessary to restore the Asian interests of the Netherlands to ensure that there is enough financial resources to support the Dutch hegemony in Europe and Britain in Europe.
Therefore, the Dutch Parliament also decided to temporarily restrain the Britain, accept the British navigation regulations, and concentrate their strength to solve the Asian state. Of course, the relevant reports of East India also played a great role. The Badavian authorities have one hundred warships and 15,000 soldiers, so the Dutch East India Company will hope that in one year, it will completely destroy China's maritime power and fully monopolize the trade benefits of Asia. Indian companies are profitable.
Although many members in the parliament expressed doubt about the report of East India, because from the perspective of the Chinese envoys in Europe, China is definitely a powerful country. Whether it can defeat China is doubtful, but most members still choose to believe that because almost all members have the shares in the East India Company and the interests of the East India company are damaged, then they will also lose a lot of money. Fortune, although the East India company uses the way to make fake accounts to maintain the company's credit, many parliamentarians still know the real situation.
As a result, in another time and space, the first British and Dutch naval war that should have occurred in 1652 did not happen. On the contrary, the Netherlands was organizing a large -scale Oriental Expedition.
Of course, one hundred warships and 15,000 soldiers are also a great pressure for the Netherlands, because the population of the country is only two million people across the country. Although it is the largest -scale sailing ship battle in history, in each battle, both sides have invested only 20 or 30 warships, and the Netherlands can not send all the troops to Asia at once. It is also necessary to leave a considerable part of the defending home.
Therefore, the Dutch Parliament and the Ministry of Navy also decided to send a support force to Badavia to Qiqiang Badavia's strength, and the local home slowly mobilized sufficient power. In the context, I arrived in Asia.
Although the number of supporters and warships is not many, it still allows the current Governor of the Dutch East India company Joanmaetsuijeker to translate it as a non -broken grid or Masui). At present, the Dutch East India company has less than 3,000 troops in Badavia, and it is also distributed on the entire Java Islands. The troops staying in Badavia are less than one thousand people.
Of course, the Netherlands is not lonely, because they have been operating in the Java region for more than 30 years. Although it is a colonial system, it is not possible to be a blind pressure. The tribal country also took some Huairou means, because it was the chief of the indigenous tribal country, or the upper nobles established a certain near -secret corporation, and they were applied with grace. The strategy of a group of indigenous tribes also obtained the support of some indigenous tribal countries. Of course, the missionaries of Hollywood also played a large role in it.
After the China Dutch evil sex, the Dutch colonists and missionaries also tried their best to preach the danger of the Chinese Empire in these indigenous tribal countries. The beginning of *****.
After getting this support forces, John Mattsokor can't help but have a lot of courage, because the arrival of the support forces is too important. A batch of indigenous people joined the Dutch army, so Mattsokor strengthened the guards in Java, signed an alliance agreement with the local natives to jointly resist the Chinese army. Try to put pressure on China, and to open up with Asia, mainly the trade route of the book.
Because after China and the Netherlands have been evil, the Netherlands has always obtained Chinese products through Japan, but since 1650, the Netherlands has blocked the Malacca Strait and received the Hong Kong tax on the trading ships. China has also blocked the Dutch merchant ship to Japan. It is not allowed to stop in Luzon by Dutch commercial ships. Now the Netherlands wants to get Chinese goods, and can only be purchased from merchant ships from other countries. As a result, the Netherlands can be taxed from the merchant ships in the Malacca Strait in the past, but the merchant ships will also sell the Netherlands. The price of goods increases the price, and the loss is made up from here. At the same time, merchant ships in various countries are also looking for new routes. It is passed by the Malacca Strait. In the end, the Dutch East India company still does not occupy anything. Open the trade route with Japan.
However, the Li Huamei fleet stationed in Luzon is not easy to mess with. Dutch warship dares to attack, and naturally is not polite. The number of warships that dispatched the war between the two sides exceeded 15 ships. As a result, after three fierce battles, the two sides lost each other. Both the warships sunk by the opponent exceeded ten ships, and the soldiers who lost more than 500 people.
Although overall, the losses of the Li Huamei fleet are slightly larger, but she has the support of the big base of Luzon. Now Luzon is Manila, almost all of the Chinese world, and there are a large number of Chinese craftsmen, all kinds of various types, all kinds of all kinds Sample factories, so Li Huamei's fleet can get various supplements in Manila. The damaged warships can be repaired immediately. The soldiers and sailors of death can also be supplemented immediately.
The support that the Dutch fleet can get in Badavia is obviously much worse than Manila. There are only thousands of Dutch in Badaavia, most of which are soldiers. The number of craftsmen is limited. The personnel are limited. Although there are also shipyards in Badavia, the speed of shipbuilding is far less than consumed. Besides, there is a huge Chinese empire behind Manila, and the Dutch shipyard has created three new ships. Warships, but after the new year, the Li Huamei fleet made up all the losses in one breath.
Therefore, Mattsokor also knew that at this time, it was impossible to deal with the Chinese Empire with force, so he had to give up the offensive Luzon and continue to block the Malacca Strait, waiting for the large -scale reinforcements in China to come, and once again, it is directed to rush to rush again. Luzon launched an attack, but what Mattsokor didn't expect was that this time China would pass the Malacca Strait high -profile this time, and took the initiative to come to Badavia to demonstrate.
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